War Drum in the Harbor

Verse 1

I built my fire on frozen ground

Carried the salt wind in my lungs

Learned to sing before I learned to weep

And I still hold the rhythm of the drums

I watched the waves eat every stone I threw

I counted winters by the scars

No hand to hold when the long night came

Just the northern sky and the northern stars

Pre-Chorus

So don't tell me to soften my voice

Don't tell me to wait and be still

I was born with the tide in my blood

And I move with my own will

Chorus

It's not my job to beg a man to love me

Not my part to kneel upon the shore

My heart beats like a war drum in the harbor

And I've never been this free before

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh

Never been this free before

Verse 2

My mother kept her hands in her lap

My grandmother lowered her eyes

But I was raised by the crashing sea

And the thunder rolling in the skies

I don't polish my words for anyone

I don't dim the light I carry home

Every scar I carry tells the truth

And I walk this shoreline all alone

Pre-Chorus

So don't ask me to shrink my flame

Don't ask me to whisper low

I was made from the storm and the song

And everybody needs to know

Chorus

It's not my job to beg a man to love me

Not my part to kneel upon the shore

My heart beats like a war drum in the harbor

And I've never been this free before

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh

Never been this free before

Bridge

Let the gulls cry out my name

Let the deep wood hold my breath

I belong to no one's keeping

I belong to what comes next

Chorus

It's not my job to beg a man to love me

Not my part to kneel upon the shore

My heart beats like a war drum in the harbor

And I've never been this free before

Post-Chorus

Free before

Free before

I've never been this free before